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Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Hearts, Flowers and a Little Embroidered Still Life

As you can see I've been messing with fabric paint, free motioning and applique - no hoop, no worries, just messing and having fun. There's even a bit of embossing powder there that I sprinkled on and squished about with a soldering iron. Now for something a little more controlled . . .

'Blue Moon' Embroidery with beads (17cm x17cm)

I've always loved the work Mary Fedden and this little piece is inspired by her. She is about 95 and still painting!

I enjoyed doing this too - first the painting next the bringing out of colours and detail with free-motion machine embroidery and finally adding the embellishment of tiny beads. I bought a wonderful little gadget called a Needle Fairy. It takes all the bother out of trying to thread a needle for 10 mins or more.

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About Me

Hello! I've fallen in love with watercolour all over again so I thought I'd combine it with my love of plants as the two seem to go together so well.
Artist, illustrator, animator, wife, mother and now grandmother (where did those years go?), lover of roses, chocolate and sunshine.